April 16, 2004


NTT Com to begin official "uefa.com" service for i-mode site with UEFA
Tokyo, Japan ---- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced that it will jointly start an official "uefa.com" site for i-mode mobile Internet services with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA*). The service, which is the first to offer UEFA official contents as a mobile Internet site, is set to begin on April 19, 2004.

NTT Com will provide the latest highlights from the official Japanese UEFA site "jp.uefa.com," including updates from UEFA-organized games such as the UEFA Champions League and UEFA EURO 2004™. Other features will include interviews with popular players, information about individual Japanese players and their teams, and a variety of screensavers.(Attachment 1) (Attachment 2)

Compatible i-mode handsets are those with color screens in the 502i series, as well as more advanced models. To connect to the site, users first go to the "menu list," then choose "sport," and finally click on "baseball/soccer." The website may also be directly accessed at http://i-mode.uefa.com.

NTT Com’s future plans include the distribution of mobile broadband content that is compatible with "i-motion" movie-based pictures, as well as high-content solutions such as "i-appli" screensavers. The company also aims to include goal scene images and super shot collections of star players.

NTT Com and UEFA jointly operate two sites that enable Japanese users to connect to updated European football information: the free Japanese UEFA site "jp.uefa.com," which is the Japanese version of the UEFA official website "uefa.com" (a major European football portal site with up to 7 million page views per day); and the fee-based, broadband UEFA Premium site "jppremium.uefa.com."

About UEFA:
•UEFA - the Union of European Football Associations - is the governing body of football on the European continent. The core mission of UEFA is to safeguard the development of European football at every level of the game and to promote the principles of unity and solidarity. UEFA organises 16 club and national competitions including the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup, and UEFA EURO 2004™. The association, which is headed by Lennart Johansson, is based in Nyon, Switzerland.
•uefa.com is the official website of UEFA. It is available in 8 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese.

About NTT Communications:
NTT Communications is the long-distance and international communications subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. The NTT Com group is recognized as one of the top IP service providers worldwide, offering world-class IP services under the NTT/VERIO brand together with Verio Inc., its U.S.-based wholly-owned subsidiary. NTT Com also offers Arcstar-brand global services for managed data and multimedia services. The company has garnered several awards for outstanding performance and customer service, including "Best Carrier - Asia Pacific" in 2002. For more information, please visit www.ntt.com.